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-/* -*- mode: c++; c-indent-level: 4; c++-member-init-indent: 8; comment-column: 35; -*-
-
-  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  compatibility.h
-      File to store some compiler specific stuff in. Currently handles, or 
-      least tries to handle the min() max() problems when using MSVC
-
-
- (c) Maarten Keijzer (mak@dhi.dk) and GeNeura Team, 1999, 2000
- 
-    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-    Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-
-    Contact: todos@geneura.ugr.es, http://geneura.ugr.es
- */
-
-#ifndef COMPAT_H
-#define COMPAT_H
-
-#include <string>
-#include <iostream>
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-/* 
-Maarten: added this code here because Mirkosoft has the
-nasty habit of #define min and max in stdlib.h (and windows.h)
-I'm trying to undo this horrible macro magic (microsoft yet macrohard)
-here. Sure hope it works
-*/
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#ifdef min
-#undef min
-#undef max // as they come in pairs
-#endif
-
-// add min and max to std...
-namespace std
-{
-    template <class T> const T& min(const T& a, const T& b)
-    {
-        if(a < b)
-            return a;
-        // else
-        return b;
-    }
-    
-    template <class T> const T& max(const T& a, const T& b)
-    {
-        if(a > b)
-            return a;
-        // else
-        return b;
-    }
-}
-
-#endif // _MSC_VER
-
-#endif